The political action committee working on behalf of the company officially halted work to put a gambling question on Florida’s November ballot.
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Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
After a brief hearing, executives of Caesars Entertainment-owned William Hill received preliminary approval to operate at the Palms, which will reopen its doors April 27.
Ojos Locos Sports Cantina will offer its biggest restaurant in the country when the renovation at the Lucky Club in North Las Vegas is completed in December.
Some resorts are asking more than $1,000 a night to stay during the first of two BTS concert weekends and for the NFL Draft at the end of the month.
Am American Gaming Association report indicates other states around the country are experiencing the same lift Nevada has received for January and February.
The off-Strip property, purchased by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, has been closed since the March 2020 COVID shutdown.
BetMGM and Caesars Sportsbook began taking bets Monday in Ontario, home of Canada’s largest city, Toronto, in a market that could have more than 30 competitors.
Fans of the South Korean K-pop group are coming to Las Vegas with money in their pockets and philanthropy in their hearts.
Even though the game is nearly two years away, Steve Hill and the Super Bowl Host Committee got a head start on planning for the NFL’s biggest showcase here in 2024.
China’s COVID-19 policies have hindered visitation, which affects properties controlled by Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts Ltd. and MGM Resorts International.
The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed a decision by a Clark County District Court judge that said state gaming regulators no longer have jurisdiction over former casino executive Steve Wynn.
Visitor volume, hotel occupancy rates and convention attendance were all higher than they were a year ago in Las Vegas, but less than what they were in pre-COVID 2020.
Despite there being only 28 days in the month, the state’s 433 major casinos won more than $1 billion for the 12th straight month in February.
Through a partnership with New York-based YellowHeart, MGM Resorts International is jumping into the world of non-fungible-token ticketing, a first for Las Vegas.
Customers of Henderson’s Emerald Island casino can now draw funds easier to their club cards from their bank accounts with Emerald Express Cash technology.